finally managed to upload this photograph - credit to luke who took it - all these were on a plot which he was visiting with a potential investor - think they swung the sale. the giraffe are mostly in the south on the stone veld at the moment this is because the bush has erupted in a sea of green and they're delicatly nibbling the new shoots, must have to nibble quite a few to keep those massive bodies healthy. When you give it some thought it's quite amazing that vegetarians like giraffe and rhinos have such bulk from a few twigs and sprigs - amazes me anyway but then again i have very little distraction except to wonder at these things.still no significant rain - we are getting lots of blue clouds, flashes, bangs and wind but the rain seems to be avoiding our little paradise. this seems to happen each year and we get quite distraught and stressed waiting - just thrown the bones again!!
just had my sister, linda, here for a month or so. bit of a change from italy for her, it was great to have her here but like so often in life you don't really realise how great until it's over.
christmas fast approaching now - lara is in the final throes of her matric exams and then her school days will be over, seems like only yesterday that she was an uncertain little girl standing lost and waving us goodbye as we dropped her off at boarding school, now she's a confident young lady about to embark on her life.
this is getting a bit emotional probably not appropriate for a wildlife blog so will quit and go do a rain dance and rattle the bones.
